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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Friern Barnet 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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TABLE 1.
ANALYSIS OF CASES OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR ENDING
31st. DECEMBER, 1950.
| DISEASE. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED. | CASES IN EACH WARD. | NO. REMOVED TO HOSP. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All. | Un. 1. | 1-5. | 5-15. | 15-25. | 25-45. | 45-65. | 65&0. | North. | South. | Cent. | East. | West. | Friern Hosp. | ||
| Measles. | 327 | 4 | 119 | 201 | 2 | 1 | - | — | 140 | 36 | 56 | 28 | 67 | - | 4 |
| Whooping Cough. | 151 | 9 | 75 | 62 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 55 | 60 | 4 | 7 | 25 | - | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever. | 40 | - | 12 | 24 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 13 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| Pneumonia. | 21 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis. | 5 | - | -1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| Dysentery. | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas. | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Pulm. Tuberculosis | 34 | - | - | 2 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | - |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid. | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
| Para-typhoid. | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| TOTAL. | 595 | 14 | 209 | 292 | 14 | 30 | 28 | 8 | 220 | 119 | 76 | 43 | 112 | 25 | 36 |
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